Cover Image

Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?

Press freedom in Malaysia is bound under several regulations and restrictions since 1957 when Malaysia was granted independence. A few media and press laws were also inadvertently inherited from the draconian colonial law or introduced in controlling any extremist actions during emergency periods. T...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Faiz, Azizul, Diyana, Kamarudin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2021
Subjects:
H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/1/JGI%20Diyana%20Faiz%20.pdf.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/
https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865
https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.ump.umpir.32975
record_format eprints
spelling my.ump.umpir.329752022-02-10T06:34:02Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/ Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth? Faiz, Azizul Diyana, Kamarudin H Social Sciences (General) Press freedom in Malaysia is bound under several regulations and restrictions since 1957 when Malaysia was granted independence. A few media and press laws were also inadvertently inherited from the draconian colonial law or introduced in controlling any extremist actions during emergency periods. They were also used to silence any political rivals. Based on the report compiled by Reporters without Borders (RSF), Malaysia jumped 22 places from 123 to 101 in the World Press Freedom Index in 2020, higher than all of our South East Asian neighbouring countries. The success of Malaysia’s freedom of movement was triggered by the reformation of a few media institutions, laws and practices throughout the year. The enhancement of Malaysian press freedom assisted in the development of the country and led the nation to become more progressive and transparent alongside other developing nations worldwide. This qualitative case study analysed ethical issues concerning business ethics through semi-structured interviews with staffs of the media organization as well as from newspaper articles analysis. The case recorded was then categorized into four different setups. The cases were looked at through different facets discussing in detail pertaining to ethical principles and motivation behind the reasonings and actions. Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2021-03 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/1/JGI%20Diyana%20Faiz%20.pdf.pdf Faiz, Azizul and Diyana, Kamarudin (2021) Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth? Journal of Governance & Integrity, 4 (2). pp. 125-134. ISSN 2600-7479 https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865 https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865
institution Universiti Malaysia Pahang
building UMP Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Pahang
content_source UMP Institutional Repository
url_provider http://umpir.ump.edu.my/
language English
topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Faiz, Azizul
Diyana, Kamarudin
Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
description Press freedom in Malaysia is bound under several regulations and restrictions since 1957 when Malaysia was granted independence. A few media and press laws were also inadvertently inherited from the draconian colonial law or introduced in controlling any extremist actions during emergency periods. They were also used to silence any political rivals. Based on the report compiled by Reporters without Borders (RSF), Malaysia jumped 22 places from 123 to 101 in the World Press Freedom Index in 2020, higher than all of our South East Asian neighbouring countries. The success of Malaysia’s freedom of movement was triggered by the reformation of a few media institutions, laws and practices throughout the year. The enhancement of Malaysian press freedom assisted in the development of the country and led the nation to become more progressive and transparent alongside other developing nations worldwide. This qualitative case study analysed ethical issues concerning business ethics through semi-structured interviews with staffs of the media organization as well as from newspaper articles analysis. The case recorded was then categorized into four different setups. The cases were looked at through different facets discussing in detail pertaining to ethical principles and motivation behind the reasonings and actions.
format Article
author Faiz, Azizul
Diyana, Kamarudin
author_facet Faiz, Azizul
Diyana, Kamarudin
author_sort Faiz, Azizul
title Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_short Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_full Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_fullStr Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_full_unstemmed Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_sort business ethics on press freedom: a culture of omitting the truth?
publisher Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate 2021
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/1/JGI%20Diyana%20Faiz%20.pdf.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/
https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865
https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865
_version_ 1724608138050535424
score 13.211869

Similar Items